Hat sich so glücklicherweise nur in Teilen durchsetzen können, aber interessant zu sehen, wie die Idee dahinter mal ausgesehen hat:
Fifty years ago, the engineers of AMF’s Central Research Labs in Stamford, CT invented automated foodservice. This entertaining film (circa 1964) describes a pilot operation for the then-burgeoning fast-food industry.
Watch as hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, seafood, french-fries, onion rings, shakes, and soft drinks are ordered, prepared, and packaged automatically by AMF’s revolutionary AMFare System.
All the food was delicious, especially the flame-broiled hamburgers, double-hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The entire menu was cooked-to-order and served in minutes – at the desired temperature for each item.
AMF’s Orbis system (shown here) pioneered the concept of electronic ordering, price tabulation, and inventory management in foodservice. Today that is the standard worldwide. However, AMF’s Orbis system went further; it electronically controlled the machinery that prepared, cooked, and packaged the food items. AMF’s automated beverage dispensers (also shown here) are today common at the „drive-through windows“ of many fast-food operations.
(Direktlink, via BoingBoing)
